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KIPP Charter School Awarded $2.6 Million for Delta Expansion

October 14th, 2008
Source: Arkansas Business

KIPP Delta College Preparatory School of Helena announced Tuesday that the Charter School Growth Fund has awarded the school a $2.6 grant, which will be used for expansion.

Officials from KIPP, which stands for Knowledge Is Power Program, say the award is the largest the school has received to date.

Ark. down to just 33 payday lenders, study says

October 9th, 2008
By Andrew DeMillo // Associated Press

The number of payday lenders operating in Arkansas has dropped by about 86 percent since the state’s top attorney threatened legal action over their high-interest loans, a new study says.

Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending, an advocacy group opposed to payday lending released a survey Thursday that says the number of payday lenders operating in the state has dropped from 237 in March to just 33.

Delta Bridge Project announces $161,502 grant to enhance Teach for Arkansas program in Phillips County

September 15th, 2008

The Delta Bridge Project has awarded a $161,502, two-year grant to enhance the Teach for Arkansas program and address the shortage of highly qualified kindergarten through sixth grade teachers in Phillips County, Delta Bridge Project Steering Committee Chairman Elijah Mondy announced today.

Entergy’s Power to Care program helps less fortunate pay utility bill

September 12th, 2008
Source: The Helena Daily World

Hot summer in a struggling economy has left more elderly and disabled customers than normal unable to pay their energy bills, nearly depleting the funds available to low-income Arkansans through Entergy Arkansas’s Power to Care program.

Take Me to Ruleville (song)

September 11th, 2008
Ruleville Community Plan

The Community of Ruleville, Mississippi, commemorated the launch of the Ruleville community plan with a song written especially for the occasion, “Take Me to Ruleville.”

Delta Yams Experience growing pains already

September 11th, 2008
By Betty Adams // The Helena Daily World

Phillips County’s newest industry Delta Yams is already getting ready for an expansion and this comes after only a year of operation.

Over a million dollars has been made available through a grant of $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce-Economic Development Administration and another $300,000 from the state Department of Economic Development for the expansion of Delta Yams, located on Highway 49, just west of Barton.

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SGFF wins award from Entergy

September 11th, 2008

On Wednesday, September 10, 2008, Entergy Arkansas presented Southern Good Faith Fund with the “Making Things Brighter Award in Community Leadership” at their Low-Income Advocates Leadership and Community Development Conference. This is an annual award to recognize contributions made in improving the lives of low-income families. SGFF is the first organization to receive this award, which has historically been given to an individual.

DBP tops off funds For Boys & Girls Club

September 5th, 2008
Source: The Helena Daily World

The Boys & Girls Club of Phillips County announced Thursday a combined gift of $295,000 from the Delta Bridge Project to complete the funding needed to go forward with the full vision for their flagship facility and to purchase the 18 acres of property directly behind the Club for future expansion.

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Archive: September 2008 | Section: Uncategorized

Projects fashioned to revive historic Helena

September 2nd, 2008
By Peggy Harris // Associated Press

Helena-West Helena city officials and a community-driven Delta Bridge Project are in their fifth year of economic development work in the pre-Civil War town, the seat of one of the poorest counties in the country.

The Delta Bridge Project initiative has leveraged more than $60 million to revitalize Phillips County.

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Archive: September 2008 | Section: Uncategorized

Power to Care in Urgent Need of Money

September 2nd, 2008
Southern Good Faith Fund Press Release

A hot summer in a struggling economy has left more elderly and disabled customers than normal unable to pay their energy bills, nearly depleting the funds available to low-income Arkansans through Entergy Arkansas’s Power to Care program.

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